{"id":80123,"date":"2025-02-06T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T15:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?p=80123"},"modified":"2025-02-06T10:27:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T17:27:41","slug":"our-stories-steven-stockton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/our-stories-steven-stockton\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Stockton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><figure id=\"attachment_80125\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80125\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-80125\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/30084409\/Steven-Stockton-01-web.webp\" alt=\"A photo of Steven Stockton.\" width=\"640\" height=\"486\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-80125\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steven Stockton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Gifting imagination to counter patient loneliness<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Steven Stockton, patient care assistant at UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central, knew his patient was in pain and felt lonely. The patient mentioned to Stockton that she liked books, especially fiction.<\/p>\n<p>Hoping to comfort his patient, Stockton came up with the idea to give a fiction book to his patient to help her feel more connected.<\/p>\n<p>That night Stockton, a self-proclaimed history buff, scoured his bookshelves for literature created from imagination.<\/p>\n<p>The next day happened to be a day off work, but he came in anyway, carrying five fiction books. Stockton displayed the books in front of the patient. She was so surprised by his gesture, she cried tears of joy. Stockton let her choose her favorite book to keep.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe ended up picking Wicked,\u201d Stockton said.<\/p>\n<p>He donated the rest of the books to a 7<sup>th<\/sup> floor family room for other patients and families to read and enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know there\u2019s a lot of sadness on our floor in inpatient oncology, so just anything to help patients or patients\u2019 families,\u201d Stockton said.<\/p>\n<p>When Stockton returned to work on Monday, the patient had been discharged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just wanted to help her out. She was in a bad spot. It just felt like the right thing to do,\u201d he said. \u201cI recognize everyone that works in the field, especially the 7<sup>th<\/sup> floor because it\u2019s pretty tough sometimes. Not every patient has a good outcome and the nurses provide outstanding care and the techs do a great job. I think they do outstanding work every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Kennedy, patient care assistant, submitted a Celebrating You recognition for Stockton.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSteven came into work on his day off to bring a patient books to read while she was in the hospital, being thoughtful and kind to all patients, even coming in on his day off to provide great warm care to a patient in need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><div class=\"su-row\">\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-2-3 su-column-centered\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: #930718\">You Make Extraordinary Possible<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Together, we recognize and honor the qualities within ourselves by shining a spotlight on how each and every one of us improve lives in big ways and small.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uchealthpoints.isrewards.com\/Recognition\/Award\/FormFlex.aspx?pr=JAwX5qZPSOA=&#038;m=N\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-flat\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#A22343;border-color:#821c36;border-radius:56px\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 26px;font-size:20px;line-height:40px;border-color:#be657c;border-radius:56px;text-shadow:none\"> Share a story<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gifting imagination to counter patient loneliness Steven Stockton, patient care assistant at UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central, knew his patient was in pain and felt lonely. 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